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neutrino

neut·rino

UK/njuːˈtɹiːnəʊ/ US/nuˈtɹinoʊ/ rare

noun

1.

an elementary particle with zero charge and zero mass

Origin

Coined by Italian physicist Enrico Fermi in 1933 from neutron + the Italian diminutive suffix -ino; by surface analysis, neutr(o)- + -ino.

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